Product Description

In this autobiography Ansel Adams recalls an extraordinary six decade career as a conservationist, teach er, musician, crusader and, above all, a photographer. '

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #205968 in Books
• Published on: 1996-07-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 360 pages

Customer Reviews

Bringing out the unexpected in the photographic enthusiast
Unlike most books on photography or photographers, this focuses more on the thoughts and relationships of Adams rather than an actual narrative of his life. The result is unexpected enlightenment: the core of the man including his attitudes, politics, and relationships. The reader also finds that he is drawn to focus on his own insights on feelings, attitudes, and creative essence. It is very easy to come a point where one attains the feeling he actually knows Adams although relatively little is actually stated in straight terms about him.

The best choice for an appreciation of Ansel Adams.
Ansel Adams was a photographer. Everyone knows that. Here you learn he was also an artist, a concert pianist, and a philosopher/humanitarian. Although only the images from Chapter 1 were hand-picked by him, the book reflects a warmth that only Ansel could have put in to it.